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Subject: RE: Installation from locally stored packages
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:38:15 -0000
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Oooops ! 
I think the OP needed to download the whole of Cygwin onto his LINUX machine and then burn the CD ! 
If so, then the problem is that downloading off the Cygwin site is managed by the 'setup.exe' program. It might be difficult running this under Linux, though I suppose it could be tried with WINE or something. 
I think what is needed here is something like an FTP download of the Cygwin files - problem is that facility doesn't seem to be available on the Cygwin site. I guess someone in the Cygwin group (one of us ?) could 'open-up' a machine connected to the 'net with all the Cygwin files in a directory and running an FTP server. Or even make the CD up and send it. 
Any other possibilities ?  
    
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net [mailto:fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net]
> Sent: 26 November 2003 14:25
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Cc: fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net
> Subject: Re: Installation from locally stored packages
> 
> I think this works. I assume you already have Cygwin running 
> on the desktop
> networked machine.
> 
> 1. On the desktop, rename your directory Cygwin to something else.
> 2. Run http://cygwin.com/setup.exe.
> 3. Choose Download (NOT repeat NOT Install). Choose to 
> download to your
> Desktop or somewhere convenient.
> 4. Click the selector from Default to Install so that you get 
> everything.
> 
> As you are making a CD for personal use, you needn't worry 
> about selecting
> any of the .src files.(Actually, I've found that Cygwin is 
> now so huge, that
> even deleting [prev] and [test], it turns out that all of 
> [curr] + relevant
> .src now no longer fits on a single CD. This is quite recent 
> I think: a
> month or so ago it all did (just).)
> 
> That's it. Don't forget to rename the directory Cygwin back 
> again after the
> download is complete.
> 
> 5. Copy all of setup.exe + setup.ini + \release\ to h:\Cyg0\ 
> where h: is
> your CD drive and Cyg0 is some named directory to hold 
> everything. (It used
> to be the case and may still be the case that copying 
> setup.exe + setup.ini
> + \release\ simply to h:\ rather than a directory under h:\ 
> led to a hang
> during any subsequent attempted installation. A Windows 
> thing, not a Cygwin
> thing.)
> 
> 6. Put the CD in your laptop and run h:\Cyg0\setup.exe.
> 
> Repeat: I think this works. It's ages since I did it.
> 
> Fergus
> 
> 
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